Apparatus and method for incremental package deployment
US7613875B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 29, 2004 |
| Grant date | Nov 3, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 26, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/1435
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method and apparatus for incremental package deployment are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the redirection of disk input/output (I/O) requests to preserve contents of disk memory. Following redirection of the disk I/O request, a software distribution package is created according to disk I/O write requests redirected to unused blocks of disk memory. In one embodiment, the software distribution package is generated using a firmware agent, which uploads the software distribution package to a server, which provisions the software distribution packet to other computers within a uniform environment to ensure that each system within the uniform environment has an identical system and memory image. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
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